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Poverty and Widening Inequality in Nigeria

On November 19, 20205:27 amIn Viewpointby Emmanuel Okogba

By Oludayo Tade HOW can we use poverty and inequality gaps to understand issues of governance and insecurity and evolving social problems in Nigeria? In this piece, I attempt to show why it is important to reduce poverty rate and inequality in Nigeria and the consequences of widening inequality in post-colonial Nigeria. Since the return
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NIGERIA NOTES: Accelerating poverty reduction in Nigeria

On April 28, 20203:45 pmIn Viewpointby Lawal Sherifat

By Ladipo Adamolekun The number of extremely poor people continues to rise in Sub-Saharan Africa while falling rapidly in all other regions. By 2030, forecasts indicate that nearly 9 in 10 of the extremely poor will live in Sub-Saharan Africa. – D. Wadhwa, World Bank Blogs, September 19th, 2018 Preamble On Democracy Day 2019, President
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Poverty in Nigeria a ticking time bomb that could affect whole world – Moghalu

On September 19, 20187:20 pmIn Newsby Emmanuel Okogba

The presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) and former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu has expressed his dismay at the rising rate of poverty in Nigeria, saying that the issue will have devastating consequences on the global community if not addressed.

GDP growth and deepening poverty in Nigeria

On March 14, 20187:00 amIn Editorial, Newsby Emmanuel Okogba

As reported, the economy, in the fourth quarter, Q4, of last year grew at 1.92 per cent compared to 1.4 in the third quarter, Q3, of the same year and -1.73 in Q4 of 2016. There is certainly some progress, but 0.82 for 2017 is far from the full-year result in 2014 and even 2015. In reality, any growth less than one per cent is not regarded as growth at all.